tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post2503297161381492391..comments2024-03-29T06:46:10.487-04:00Comments on Studio and Garden: I Should Mow the Lawn, but...Altoon Sultanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16743040814034732581noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-2078978462351050432010-06-16T21:40:59.000-04:002010-06-16T21:40:59.000-04:00Okay, now we have two votes for patterns by mowing...Okay, now we have two votes for patterns by mowing, and one for sheep. Maybe next year I'll try something like artistic lawn cropping and document it with pictures. I still have a big field of high grass to mow, that I do once a year; I can try some swaths across that...Altoon Sultanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16743040814034732581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-25563204415982441972010-06-16T19:35:23.115-04:002010-06-16T19:35:23.115-04:00I would definitely let it grow for a time...then I...I would definitely let it grow for a time...then I would drive the mower around in some pattern...then a week later I would mow it all back!<br /><br />Sorry Altoon...had to weigh in on this one. I would love the opportunity to do that at least once in this lifetime!<br />Sophie<br />ps and i would document it at every stage!Sophie Munnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02797068983613314554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-88780155579812502092010-06-15T21:20:06.021-04:002010-06-15T21:20:06.021-04:00I sometimes dream about a miniature sheep. Then I ...I sometimes dream about a miniature sheep. Then I get out my scythe. Something wonderful about uneven "bad haircut" grass/weeds that looks sweetly old fashioned.D Juristnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-396428767875488562010-06-15T16:06:22.855-04:002010-06-15T16:06:22.855-04:00hi Gail, it's funny to think of a lawn as a sa...hi Gail, it's funny to think of a lawn as a salad, but I sure have lots of dandelion greens in early spring. <br /><br />I can now report that I mowed the lawn today; I loved the flowers in the grass, but I also love the pure green surface which allows the flower borders to re-emerge.Altoon Sultanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16743040814034732581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-66227568891962282342010-06-15T12:48:11.674-04:002010-06-15T12:48:11.674-04:00Likewise, I love the colorful flowers that reveal ...Likewise, I love the colorful flowers that reveal themselves after a period of non-mowing. Seeing a "baby dandelion" salad on the menu of an expensive NYC restaurant I realized my lawn was just one big salad! (They become "babies" again after each mowing)<br />In VT uncut fields soon revert to forest as a walk in the woods reveals many stone walls that used to border sheep & cow pastures.Gailnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-15955218675835846102010-06-15T10:27:30.998-04:002010-06-15T10:27:30.998-04:00That sounds like a fun idea, Deb, but I don't ...That sounds like a fun idea, Deb, but I don't think I have the patience to follow through. Your idea reminds me of earthworks, or corn mazes. <br /><br />There's another point I'd like to make about lawns vs fields: here, the cropped lawn creates an outdoor living space which is differentiated from the uncultivated fields that I mow once a year, and those I get someone to brush hog every 2 or 3.Altoon Sultanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16743040814034732581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-23077567079165031822010-06-15T07:54:57.154-04:002010-06-15T07:54:57.154-04:00Yes, take a few more pictures and then use the mow...Yes, take a few more pictures and then use the mower to carve a great swooping curve or two across the lawn. Leave it a day, then do another few curves - cut a new swath a day. Overlap.think of the lawn as a canvas. take some pictures along the way!<br /><br />deb<br />http://morewgalo.blogspot.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-67750564700124516532010-06-15T07:13:14.671-04:002010-06-15T07:13:14.671-04:00rappel, I've got acres of fields, so don't...rappel, I've got acres of fields, so don't need one in the backyard. Also, the long grassy, flowery lawn hides the flower borders and eventually offends my sense of order. There's something very pleasant about a newly mowed lawn. <br /><br />Linda, I've got so many invasives everywhere. My lawn is more weed than grass, but as long as it's green, it's ok with me. I agree with you that now that the flowers have been documented, it's time to get out and mow.Altoon Sultanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16743040814034732581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-30931845568678406432010-06-15T00:45:57.528-04:002010-06-15T00:45:57.528-04:00This is the benefit of blogging: you captured the ...This is the benefit of blogging: you captured the flower field on film so now you can keep the memory and cut the grass! And I can tell Rappel that we are still fighting unwanted invasive flowers (think daisies) from the time when we let our lawn go wild to see what a prairie lawn would feel and look like.LINDA from EACH LITTLE WORLDhttp://eachlittleworld.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-33870901075041672152010-06-14T21:14:25.892-04:002010-06-14T21:14:25.892-04:00so what happens if you let it be a field instead o...so what happens if you let it be a field instead of a lawn -or is this a question only a person surrounded by concrete would ask.rappelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03569445602513667186noreply@blogger.com